Kari is and has always been a very athletic person and didn’t start gaining eight until she moved far away from home to go to college. She found that in college her mom wasn’t monitoring her weight weekly and she could eat as much food as she wanted whenever she wanted it and with no punishment. She chose not to go home during school breaks for fear people would notice her weight gain. Kari liked to travel and found that being an obese person in Europe was a very humiliating experience. Apparently pointing and laughing is what they do.

Kari is quite the storyteller and you will be rooting for her as she tells of her journey from out of control eating and weight gain to the peace and serenity she has found by following the tools of recovery in OA.